Campaign Reports Filed with City

Here are Campaign Contributions for Candidates

According to the reports filed with the Grove City Clerk as of March 21, GrovePAC candidates have raised more than three times the money the other four candidates have.

Gary Trippensee has received $300 from Troy Kyman; according to executed forms filed by the Committee to elect Gary Trippensee, filed on March 20, 2007; his other contributors according to his expenditures report include Jack Forrest, local real estate broker; Anita Caudill, and Mark Londagin, CEO of Grand Savings Bank, Grove. Forrest donated $220, Caudill donated $300, and Londagin donated $300. Total contributions to Trippensee were $4619, with $3272 being spent on campaign signs and another $468 on advertising, according to his expenditures report.

Mike Davenport, listed donations of $300 from Troy Kyman, and $300 from Tommy Caudill. Davenport said his total donations were $2610.00 with zero expenditures, filed March 7. His Agent, filed March 4, was listed as Michael J. Lewandowski. A separate form filed March 19 listed $3360.00 in contributions but no names were included on the form. He shows zero campaign expenditures to date. Candidates have until May to complete the filing of forms.

Larry Parham, current councilman, listed as contributors Troy & Karen Kyman, for $200; Tommy & Anita Caudill, for $300.00, and Larry & Janelle Hestand, owners of KGVE Radio in Grove, for $195.00, on the campaign contributions and expenditures report dated March 21. Parham's total contributions on that date were $5460.00. On another form, he listed contributions from Troy and Karen Kyman for $300.00; Stanley Crawford, Jr., Grove, of $500.00; and a loan from himself for $2000.00, for a total of $3795.00. Expenditures on this report totaled $3129.56 for signs. Parham's agent is listed as Darla J. Parham with officers for the Committee to Re-elect Larry Parham as Larry G Parham, Chairman; and Darla J. Parham, and Darla J. Parham as vice chairman and treasurer. His SubAgent is Mike Thompson of Grove, according to the designation of agent form.

GrovePAC itself listed as contributors Tommy & Anita Caudill for $1,000.00; and Gayle Edmondson of Miami, for $300, with total donations of $4,105.25, as of March 20.

Total contributions to GrovePAC and its three candidates as of March 21 were listed as $19,330.28.

Form R-1 filed for GrovePAC listed officers as Troy Kyman, Jackie Neal and Karen Kyman, filed on Dec. 11, 2006, to register a "political action committee to support or oppose candidates in local/municipal elections." The committee will continue beyond the April elections, the form stated.

Form D-1 designated as agent, Grove PAC, a political action committee, with Karen Kyman as agent. It was also filed Dec. 11, 2006 with the state. GrovePAC has spent $597.17 for decorations and food items for a chili feed, and another $597.17 for food items for chili feed, according to the C-1 form filed.

Campaign contribution reports for Dustin Phillips listed $550.00 in contributions, none over $200, with $516.17 in expenditures, through March 16.

David Adzigian's contributions totaled $5,128.00 with three contributions over $200 including Barbara Devitt for $1,000; Linda Adzigian in-kind contribution of $376.00; and David Kane, Grove resident, $400.00 His expenditures through March 22 totaled $1955.25.

Harry Worley listed zero contributions and expenses of $989 for printing and billboards.

Carolyn Nuckolls did not file a C-1 report by March 19 but has stated she will not accept contributions from anyone, as in the previous elections.